New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-24


| Office Of school trustee by refusing to resign.
There ought to be O law covering such cases. al
though fortunately it is not likely that they
| will arise often
"IIarper's Weekly" makes a rcproachful refer
cnce to "the journals that sneered at his sr Man.
ning's appointment as the selection Of mere
machine party politician Of questionable ante
cedents' Yes, and there Is not a In this
state that knows anything Of politics that is not
perfectly well aware that the sneers referred to
by @The Weekly" were entirely justified. When
Mr. Manning took his seat In President
| Cleveland-s Cabinet he "a mere machine
politician Of questionable antccedcnts.' The fact
| that he has made GOOD Secretary OF the Treasury
does not alter the record, although 1t undoubt-
| edly Is balm for the consciences OF reform
newspapers OF "1he Weeky's' sort which COM
mended his appointment in the face of his being
n mere machine politician of questionable ante
| cedents.'
What comfort those three old fogies, the Kaiser.
Prince bismarck and Field Marshal Won Moltke.
must take in their ability to the Father
land out OF its sober senses
| THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC is not filled with
useless information easily accumulated and In
| discriminatory presented in bulk without method
| or system II is q thoroughly well-edited manual
containing what Is most salient and significant In
the political history Of the American year. 1t Is
ono thing to make undergrad II Is another
thing to build well ordered, convenient and
sensible house.
| It behooycs President Cleveland to take active
measures to head off the Hill movement, which
has been got under such strong Roadway over In
Brooklyn. PERHAPS the distribution OF "spoils
with q wary hand may avail something Tho
|
United States Marshalship Is soon to be vacant
Many q longing Democratic eye has been fastened
upon It for months This is chance that ought
not to be thrown away n due recognition Is
not given 10 a powerful ward district leader
named Of course by Boss McI.aughln-we fear
that the Kings County National delegation next
wear may DO OF n character that will give more
qualification at Albany than at Washington
There are few oltimlsts In this city who
begin dimly ~ hope that some one now living
may yet see the city purged Of the vile resorts
which have so long Haunted their indecency In
the face OF tho law.
! Mention is made in The Bost- n Traveller OF a
Connecticut gentleman who was born In The sew
cnth year OF the century. on the seventh day OF the
month"; on the seventh day Of the week. and IN
tho seventh hour Of the day, and is and has been
n seyenth-day Baptist This is satisfactory so
far MS il goes, but "1ho Traveller fails to state
whether its Connecticut friend was tho seventh
son OF a seventh daughter, whether his faForlte
roem Is Wordsworhs 1--WE Are Seven. or
whether when he ceases TO tabernacle In the i!esh
his address will be the seventh heaven. 1t is well
TO be thorough in imparting Information
| IL is to be hoped that Mrs. Clevcland's pct
monkey will not he within reach Of ink stands.
cusIndores or other missiles when the Presidents
eye falls upon this significant sentence OF Governor
| llnrs Brooklyn Grafton:
The suggestion that there have been Democrats
responsible for any faults OF their parry. or
mother words Democrats who better than their party:
IL profs red explanation or defence which rspndiate
esscd Democrats who always claim To be better than
their party.
And the assembled throns yelled themselves
honrsc with cheers for am-a-Democrat by the
Way isn't IL nearly time for another report about
the long into ndcd visit OF the Governor 10 his
| loving friend in the White House. together with
the usual adjuncis about their sitting up nights
en- aging in rapturous correspondence with each
other?
| II must be humlliating 10 the Tory party that
they have had h. draw their only effective leader
In the Commons from the front Opposition bench
There WAS notable omission In the speech
which Governor Hill made in Brooklyn on Tues
day night. He said not a word about his per
/
explanation # his course in this matter would
| probably not have called out such Nocifcrous
appla,se AS the reieraton of the lofty sentiment
If am n Democrat :" but his exposition OF the
right OF a Governor to prev ent the carrying out OF
n plain provision Of law might have been in
teresting
The public will find 1t difficult to credit the
r,Imor that the President intends once again to
oupont Matthews Register Of Deeds Of the Dis
trct of Columbia. Dir. Cleveland Is not wise
Az he might be, but ever suspected him
Of being what Dundreary would call ~ gorgeous
idiot
That upon fun and fair vote with no false or mislead
Ing issues In the NewYork Is Democratic must
be eoneeded Intelligent political ooserVerGoV
ernor HIS Brooklyn speech
Must il? Well, scarcely. In 1884 two false |
and misleading issues were in the CANVASS One
took away at least $500 Republican
votes. the other gave $4,000 more
Republican votes to St. John. and
vet the plurality against the Republican ticket
was only i,O47. In 1885, when you carried the
State by Il,l34. over 10000 Republican votes
were given q misleading issue to Bascom. |
In 1886, when the Democratic plurality was but |
Z 1877 over SO 900 Republican votes went of on |
tho same misleading issue. On a square fight |
between the two parties in this State, tho
Democracy would be left I'm hopeless minority. |
In France the cry OF "revanche' is assuming
deep cultural tone and the word glory Is |
Z, elled with capital letters. There is only one |
reason which prevents n Frencllman from likenlnS
bismarck to the devil, and that is he doesn't
believe In any devil.
Sir John A. Macdonald, Of Canada, has n way |
~, coffin there on important occasions that would
do credit TO the shrcwdest American politician. |
For months past the Canadians have fecn Justly |
singing such songs a. this